C#•3y ago

❔ WPF (Avalonia) Tab Pages

What do you use to separate the main view into multiple sub-views in Avalonia/WPF? Thinking about Tab Controls, like the image below But that doesnt split the view and would result in everything being written into the same view .xaml and all being cramped into the same viewmodel

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Trinitek•3y ago

why can't you move the page contents to a UserControl for each, and then specify the UserControl in the main xaml

Monsieur WholesomeOP•3y ago

Wouldn't I be making my own tab control thing, when writing each individual control myself? In a reinventing the wheel sense

Trinitek•3y ago

does Avalonia not have a TabControl I'm saying you could have

<TabControl>
  <TabItem Header="Hello">
    <local:MyHelloTab/>
  </TabItem>
</TabControl>

<TabControl>
  <TabItem Header="Hello">
    <local:MyHelloTab/>
  </TabItem>
</TabControl>

where MyHelloTab is a UserControl in a separate XAML file

Monsieur WholesomeOP•3y ago

I am not well-versed in Desktop GUI dev Are Controls pure classes, or also "views" (.xaml designed files)?

Trinitek•3y ago

a "UserControl" as it exists in WPF is a control with a XAML file and a "Control" is a pure class without an associated XAML file

Monsieur WholesomeOP•3y ago

Hmmm Lemme try that out

Monsieur WholesomeOP•3y ago

Trinitek•3y ago

you need to declare a local xmlns at the top of your file similar to how you have one for vm

Monsieur WholesomeOP•3y ago

I see I see

Accord•2y ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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❔ WPF (Avalonia) Tab Pages